The world’s rarest marsupial, once thought entirely extinct, may have a second chance for survival, thanks to the DNA in its ...

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Seals are typically thought of as living in cold water habitats. With their thick layers of blubber and dense fur, seals have ...

Independent scientists say the technology, while impressive, lacks some components to be truly considered an artificial egg.

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

A new study from Princeton University, the Smithsonian Institute, the Mpala Research Centre and many partner institutions has now documented the interconnection between the largest animals in the ...

We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story. With ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, during the late Pleistocene, many large animal species were simply erased from the planet during a widespread extinction. In Australia, nearly two dozen kangaroo ...

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas company trying to bring extinct species back to life, reports creating artificial eggs that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...

One of the world's rarest parakeets has seen its numbers surge thanks to a pair of super breeders now responsible for more than 10% of the total population.